Month: August 2024
One of the best Star Wars rides at Disney parks is now a high-tech toy
While Galaxy’s Edge at Disney World and Disneyland gets a lot of attention from Star Wars fans and folks visiting the theme parks, true stans will know of the appeal of Star Tours, the Star Wars spaceship simulator ride. And now, Star Tours is getting the ultimate homage in one…
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Micron’s game-changing budget DRAMless SSD could spell the end of low performance SATA drives — independent reviews show it trounces Samsung’s 990 EVO on popular benchmarks
Micron recently unveiled its 2650 client SSD, the first to be made using 276-layer 3D NAND, a new record for the company. The Gen 9 NAND offers the fastest IO speed in the industry at 3.6GBps, which Micron claims is 50% faster than competitive NAND shipping in an SSD and…
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Google’s DeepMind AI can now play table tennis to a competitive level
Before artificial intelligence takes over the world, it seems it’ll beat us at table tennis first: Google has reported on a robot making use of its DeepMind AI that is now able to play ping-pong to an “amateur human level” of performance. The DeepMind lab is where Google works on…
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The FCC proposes requiring robocallers to disclose when they’re using AI
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a new set of rules this week that would require robocallers to disclose when they’re using artificial intelligence for phone calls and text messages. The proposal builds on the FCC’s ban on making AI-generated robocalls without the express prior consent of the person being…
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HexClad Cookware Review: Unjustifiably Expensive
Want some of the benefits of two separate pans, combined into one pan? HexClad has you covered—sort-of. Source
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X appears to be suppressing Trump-related searches
If you want to find a specific tweet by Donald Trump, you may have to go through his timeline and look for it yourself. According to Mediaite, X has switched off the ability to search for Trump's tweets. As the publication explains, you can do a search for specific posts…
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